Surely they hear stories about technology from time to time. It’s a strange predicament when some people in the world can’t access running water, but Americans try their hardest to “stay hydrated” with free access.

This isn’t about happiness; more about stories people tell. The hedonic treadmill ensures that we all revert to the mean.

Fucking "Green" by Jay Lake starts out as a promising fantasy story about a young girl abducted from her homeland and raised to be sold as a bride, becomes a skilled assassin, and starts fucking everyone she comes into contact with. I'm talking like a 14 year old girl having sex with all her schoolmates, teachers, and then most bafflingly a cat woman while waiting on death row.

Could not finish. Obviously a sexual fantasy by the author. All the more disturbing because he dedicated it to his daughter.

The character builder is useful to me, my only complaint is that when you export to the sheet it should have descriptions of traits and stuff like rage for barbarians and channel divinity for clerics. Also wish the spell sheet was more like the Forged Anvil character sheet where the spells have descriptions next to them.

Yeah, a perfect example is Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. 14% graduation rate, because no one actually wants to go to Franklin. They want to go to OSU, but their high-school grades suck and so they go to Franklin and transfer to OSU after a year. Or just drop out completely.

This is the exact school that I was looking up! It's serendipitous to see this comment here out of all the applicable schools in the country. I attend there right now, and I thought that rate seemed very low. They have great programs. It's more tailored to working people (of which I am one); more students want the glamour of attending OSU, as you said.

I think his death had more to do with becoming a tyrannical ruler and trying to wipe out all muggle-borns. He could've made his horcruxes and lived a low-key immortal life, but no, he just had to become wizard Hitler.

"Damn, that Riddle kid hasn't aged a day since 17. No wrinkles, nothing! He's 30 years old! Good genetics for a half-blood, I guess"

"Wow, 65 years old and still no signs of aging! I wonder if Tom is drinking the Elixir of Li- nah, that's just a myth. What about- no, I can't even say the name."

"Alright, something's fishy here. Dude is fucking 200 years old and he still looks like he just got out of Hogwarts. He's not drinking the Elixir, because we know Flamel got tired of immortality and destroyed the stone. Anti-aging potion, maybe?"

4.7 billion years later

The Earth is gone. There are no traces of human life left in the universe.

Ah, but what was that? One could see the swish of a tattered cloak! A young man suddenly appears on an asteroid, glumly shooting sparks into the air, hoping for reply with sparks of their own.

Because there are certain buzz phrases on reddit that will get upvoted every time they are used. In this way, it's all one huge circle jerk and we're breaking the implicit rules of this sub by participating.